Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Kings 19:28

"Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest." — 2 Kings 19:28 (ASV)

Thy tumult - Rather, “your arrogance.”

I will put my hook in thy nose - Rather, “my ring.” The sculptures show that the kings of Babylon and Assyria were in the habit of actually passing a ring through the flesh of their more distinguished prisoners, attaching a thong or a rope to it, and thus leading them about as with a “bridle.” In Assyria, the ring was ordinarily passed through the lower lip, while in Babylonia it appears to have been inserted into the membrane of the nose. Thus, Sennacherib would be threatened here with a punishment that he was perhaps in the habit of inflicting.